Hush Hush, Forest

Mary Casanova is author of more than thirty books for young readers, ranging from picture books such as One-Dog Canoe and Wake Up, Island (Minnesota, 2016) to the novels Moose Tracks (Minnesota, 2013) and Frozen (Minnesota, 2012). Her books have earned the American Library Association Notable Award, Aesop Accolades from the American Folklore Society, Parents’ Choice Gold Award, and Booklist Editors’ Choice, as well as two Minnesota Book Awards. She and her husband live in northern Minnesota near the Canadian border. Nick Wroblewski is an artist and printmaker specializing in handmade woodcut blockprints; his art is in private collections and galleries throughout the country. He illustrated Mary Casanova’s book Wake Up, Island (Minnesota, 2016) and lives in Duluth, Minnesota, with his wife and two children.

"The narrative soothes and quiets readers' spirits with its gentle and lyrical telling of preparation and rest. A soothing and superb story to read to nature lovers at bedtime."-Kirkus Reviews"It’s winter in this lovely and lyrical picture book that captures animals preparing for the long cold."-Pioneer Press"The illustrations are serious, artful and dramatic. The words are more verse than narrative and leave space for our musings and woodland wanderings."-Wilderness News"Casanova’s simple lyrical language cups the annual change in few well-chosen words, leaving a parent and child in cozy, indoor sleep as winter’s first snow coats the ground. Strong illustrations and a carefully crafted text illuminate a forest habitat as the seasons change."-Library Journal"As a last book before bed, Hush Hush will set the stage for charming dreams and snuggling under the covers on chilly winter nights."-Lake Superior Magazine"What a good book! It feels like us-the woods and winter. It feels like home."-Mesabi Daily News"Casanova's free-form poetry transports the reader outdoors, where the landscape is shifting from fall to winter. In brief but buoyantly descriptive phrases, she unfolds the complex phenology of this ‘shoulder season’- from migration and hibernation to the first snowfall and appearance of the northern lights."-Star Tribune "With evocative and lyrical word pictures, and beautiful woodcuts, the creators of this book bring readers a spectacular picture of the changing seasons as they are unfolded in the north woods in North America."-Through the Looking Glass Children’s Book Reviews